The Selection Process for applicants who wish to enter in Year 7 for scholastic year 2022/2023

This entry point is for pupils who are currently in their final year of  Primary School and wish to join the National Sport School in their first  year of secondary school.

Entry to the school is by application and under a pre-published set of terms and conditions.

The leading principle for the school is that it offers places only to talented and highly skilled young student-athletes who have demonstrated a high achievement in their chosen sport and, who are, at their age, considered to be amongst the very best of the talent pool available in the Maltese islands.

At the Year 7 entry point there are up to forty-six [46] places available. From these forty-six, up to fourteen [14] (including 2 goalkeepers)  are allocated for applicants from football, one [1] Paralympics, one[1] Special Olympics, minimum of three [3] Water Polo players (including 1 goalkeeper) and a minimum of three [3] Basketball players. The remaining twenty-four [24] places are set for other sports discipline.

Eligibility

• Student-athlete will be born in the year 2011.
  • Student-athlete will have been recommended by his/her accredited national sports association  as a talent and highly skilled young student-athlete who is considered to be amongst the very best of the talent pool available in the Maltese Islands
• Student-athlete will have been practising their sport with a club recognized and governed by the relevant accredited national sports association for not less than twelve [12] months from date of application.

Documentary Requirements to apply

Students must submit the following items to the Customer Care Office/One Stop Shop, Directorate for Educational Services in Floriana or to the Office of College Principal, Triq l-Ewropa, Victoria, Gozo in conjunction with the hard copy application form. Please note that all original documents must be produced upon submission to verify their authenticity.

• A properly complete application form which is to be downloaded from the NSS website here. 
• Photocopy of all relevant Psycho Educational or Special Education Evaluation Reports (if applicable).
• Two [2] passport size photographs (approximately 3.5 cm x 4.5 cm). Please write student’s name on the back of the photographs.
• Photocopy of Student’s Birth Certificate.

Every applicant will be given an index number on receipt of application from  MFED.

Entry Criteria for scholastic year 2022/2023:

• Sports Assessment: 60% of the overall weighting. 85% of the overall weighting for Special Olympics Athletes.
• Benchmark Assessment: 30% of the overall weighting. (A minimum threshold of 45% in any two subjects and 35% in one of the three core subjects: Maths, Maltese and English)
• Interview: 10% of the overall weighting. 15% of the overall weighting for Special Olympics Athletes.

Pass mark for practical exams is 50%. Any applicant who does not obtain 50% in practical exam will be notified via email that he/she shall not continue the selection process. All practical exams shall be concluded by 27th May 2022 unless dictated otherwise due to unforeseen circumstances.

The results will be communicated to the parents or guardians of the students not more than five [5] working days after the final interview is conducted and will be published simultaneously at the Customer Care Office, Directorate for Educational Services in Floriana or Floriana or at the Office of College Principal, Triq l-Ewropa, Victoria, Gozo.

Prospective students are kindly reminded that the National Sport School may not necessarily provide Maltese as a Foreign Language to students exempt from sitting the Maltese Benchmark Examination as per the General Rules and Regulations governing the Benchmark Examinations.